Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with Julie Kerr-Berry - Season 14, Episode 157

Julie Kerr-Berry retired in 2023 after 35 years at Minnesota
State
University, Mankato (MSUM). In 2020, she became chair of
the
Department of Theatre & Dance. Throughout her tenure, she
helped to
build multiple degrees in Dance. Julie is Editor Emerita of the
Journal of
Dance Education. Her scholarly publications focus on the
intersections of
dance, race, and history specific to whiteness. Recently she was
named
of Minnesota Dance Educator of the Year and was the recipient
of
a Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award at MSUM (2019). From the
National
Dance Education Organization, she received a Top Paper Citation
(2011),
an Outstanding Leadership Award (2012), Executive Director’s
Award (2020),
and Presidential Award for dedication to the National Dance
Education
Organization’s, Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Project/JDEI Project
(2022). The American College Dance Association (ACDA) recognized
her
creative research. War Story was the 2nd Alternate for ACDA’s
2014 National
Dance Festival at the Kennedy Center. Julie taught in a federal
prison for
women which she hopes to continue. As a Fulbright Scholar in
Indonesia,
she became an advocate of international dance education, which
later
motivated her travels to Nigeria, Australia, New Zealand, Cuba,
and
France. In France, Julie co-led a study abroad course to Paris
and Dijon on
several occasions where students danced, performed, traversed
both
cities, and the French countryside. She is an avid practitioner
of Vinyasa
yoga. Currently, she is writing a book that is a cultural
critique of American
dance history through the lens of whiteness. Julie earned her EdD
and
MEd in Dance from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.